is this the best version for multi-player?

[bliss]

Is this the most efficient version of Duke3D to play 2 player co-op over the internet, or are there better implementations?

I saw all the warnings about lag, and I acknowledge native multiplayer support is relatively new. Is it more efficient to tunnel the old IPX netcode through a VPN?

[ReBoot]

I've played this one over internet in coop and found no trouble.

[Grom]

Played deathmatch a couple times with americans; terrible ~1 second lag (my old 28,8kb dial-up modem gave better FPS in the 90's!). Then I played co-op campaign with a friend from the same continent & the game ran fine...

[Deimos]

Well, I'm trying to play DeathMatch to get the achievements and at least for me it's impossible to find a lobby...

Is it working for you, guys?

I'm using a Mac, don't know if it's because of that (I think the mutiplayer will work cross-platform) or just because the multiplayer for this game. Any hint?

[Deimos]

Doctor, yes, I think Coop should be fine online :)

How about DeathMatch? Can somebody try and tell me if there's people playing?

Thanks!

[bliss]

Thanks everyone. I've always found games laggy when playing across continents, so Steam Duke sounds no different.

What Doktor said about Meltdown does seem to contradict this though... I guess I'll buy the Steam version, and if we have lag issues, I'll try loading the data files into EDuke32 and connect through Meltdown or YANG. If we have to fall back to this, at least it won't be a wasted purchase as EDuke32 can use the game files from Steam.

Does this sound feasible?

[Doktor Mandrake]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Deimos:

Doctor, yes, I think Coop should be fine online :)

How about DeathMatch? Can somebody try and tell me if there's people playing?

Thanks!

I've only really played co-op on the steam version so far, tbh when I saw that they was adding multiplayer support to Megaton I was expecting to see hundreds of servers, I don't really know why the server list is empty 90% of the time.. I thought Duke was more popular then that

[bliss]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Doktor Mandrake:

You was asking the most effcient way of playing duke 3D online, you asked if there was any better implementations.. how was mentioning Meltdown contradicting your question? :s

No no, I wasn't saying that at all I meant, your experience suggests Duke is not quite like other games in this regard, and perhaps the netcode needs further refinement. This is why I was thinking about a contingency plan.

[Καραφλό Βέλος!]

If anyone wants to play deathmatch to get the achievements add me!

[Deimos]

Well, I found some people playing a night and it was nice!